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through analysis of data to reveal patterns of
strategic behavior.7
14. The position paper opposing the
disclosure of generator run status
information contended that generator
run status information is proprietary,
commercially sensitive information. It
argued that a generating facility is the
private property of its owners and that
such information is proprietary. It also
asserted that disclosure of such
information to the market could devalue
the asset and ‘‘essentially represents a
confiscation of a portion of the asset
itself.’’ 8 Those objecting to the
disclosure of generator run status
information further contended that
making generator run status information
generally available would allow some
participants in the market to gain an
unfair advantage over others.
15. The Commission is persuaded that
certain information pertaining to
generator characteristics and operation
is proprietary and commercially
sensitive. However, the Commission
also believes that knowledge by market
participants of current market
conditions is vital to achieve a fully
competitive, and least-cost market.
Therefore, the Commission is soliciting
responses relating to the confidential
treatment of the information versus the
release of certain generator run status
data elements that could be made
available to the marketplace to satisfy
these objectives without compromising
the legitimate competitive position of
generators, and which information
should be kept confidential. The
Commission intends to respect
commercially sensitive information by
collecting and maintaining
commercially sensitive information on a
confidential basis.
Comments Requested
16. The Commission encourages
comments regarding the topics above. In
addition, the Commission seeks
responses to the following specific
questions:
a. Which data elements of generator
run status, listed previously, should the
Commission collect or have access to?
In addition, please comment, among
other things, on whether the
Commission should collect: (1)
Generator logs for all 8,760 hours of the
year; (2) balancing authority operating
logs; (3) raw data as provided to NERC
7 Response of ESC, Generator Run Status: Position
Paper Supporting Data Disclosure to the Market
Within OASIS Phase II, Attachment 7 at 2 (January
29, 2001).
8 Response of ESC, Generator Run Status: Position
Paper Opposing Data Disclosure to the Market
Within OASIS Phase II Attachment 7 at 5 (January
29, 2001).
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for its GADS database; (4) capability
performance testing results; and (5)
equivalent demand forced outage rate
(EFORd) data.
b. Should the Commission collect this
generator run status information on a
regular basis, or instead require public
utility generators to maintain generator
run status information to provide to the
Commission on short notice when
requested?
c. How is this data currently collected
by industry participants? What would
be the burden on the electric industry to
make this information on generator run
status available to the Commission?
d. Is there other information that
would be more appropriate to collect,
such as that obtained by NERC for their
Generator Availability Data System
(GADS)?
e. What should be the frequency of
reporting/collection? Should the
Commission request generator run
status information for the peak
operating hour each day, or is some
other period more appropriate?
f. What real-time data might facilitate
a more efficient market by enabling
market participants to respond to
current conditions?
g. How might the reporting
requirements differ between regions
with organized markets under RTOs and
ISOs versus those without organized
markets?
h. Which specifically, of the generator
run status data elements could be made
available to market participants and
which should be withheld due to their
commercial sensitivity. Should some of
the data originally held confidentially
be released publicly after a set time
period?
Comment Procedures
17. The Commission invites interested
persons to submit comments on these
matters and any related matters or
alternative proposals that commenters
may wish to discuss. Comments are due
August 15, 2005. Comments must refer
to Docket No. RM05–16–000, and must
include the commenter’s name, the
organization represented, if applicable,
and their commenter’s address.
18. Comments may be filed
electronically via the eFiling link on the
Commission’s Web site at http://
www.ferc.gov. The Commission accepts
most standard word processing formats
and commenters may attach additional
files with supporting information in
certain other file formats. Commenters
filing electronically do not need to make
a paper filing. Commenters unable to
file comments electronically must send
an original and 14 copies of their
comments to: Federal Energy Regulatory
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Commission, Office of the Secretary,
888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC
20426.
19. All comments will be placed in
the Commission’s public files and may
be viewed, printed, or downloaded
remotely as described in the Document
Availability section below. Commenters
on this proposal are not required to
serve copies of their comments on other
commenters.
Document Availability
20. In addition to publishing the full
text of this document in the Federal
Register, the Commission provides all
interested persons an opportunity to
view and print the contents of this
document via the Internet through the
Commission’s Home Page (http://
www.ferc.gov) and in the Commission’s
Public Reference Room during normal
business hours (8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
eastern time) at 888 First Street, NE.,
Room 2A, Washington DC 20426. E-Mail
the Public Reference Room at
public.referenceroom@ferc.gov or (202)
502–8371.
21. From the Commission’s Home
Page on the Internet, this information is
available in its eLibrary. The full text of
this document is available in the
eLibrary both in PDF and Microsoft
Word format for viewing, printing, and
downloading. To access this document
in eLibrary, type the docket number of
this document, excluding the last three
digits, in the docket number field.
22. User assistance is available for
eLibrary and the Commission’s website
during normal business hours. For
assistance contact FERC Online Support
at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll-
free at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY,
contact (202) 502–8659.
By direction of the Commission.
Linda Mitry,
Deputy Secretary.
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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[OAR–2002–0073, FRL–7923–8]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Recordkeeping
and Periodic Reporting of the
Production, Import, Export, Recycling,
Destruction, Transhipment, and
Feedstock Use of Ozone-Depleting
Substances, EPA ICR Number 1432.25,
OMB Control Number 2060–0170
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
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ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.), this document announces
that EPA is planning to submit a
renewal continuing Information
Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB). This is
a request to renew an existing approved
collection. This ICR is scheduled to
expire on August 31, 2005. Before
submitting the ICR to OMB for review
and approval, EPA is soliciting
comments on specific aspects of the
proposed information collection as
described below.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before August 15, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing docket ID number OAR–
2002–0073, to EPA online using
EDOCKET (our preferred method), by e-
mail to a-and-r-Docket@epa.gov, or by
mail to: EPA Docket Center,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
Docket, Mail Code 6102T, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,
DC 20460.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kirsten M. Cappel, Office of
Atmospheric Programs, Stratospheric
Protection Division, Mail Code 6205J,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,
DC 20460; telephone (202) 343–9556,
facsimile (202) 343–2338, e-mail:
cappel.kirsten@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has
established a public docket for this ICR
under Docket ID number OAR–2002–
0073, which is available for public
viewing at the EPA Air Docket in the
EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA
West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution
Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA
Docket Center Public Reading Room is
open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the
Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and
the telephone number for the EPA Air
Docket is (202) 566–1742. An electronic
version of the public docket is available
through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at
http://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use
EDOCKET to obtain a copy of the draft
collection of information, submit or
view public comments, access the index
listing of the contents of the public
docket, and to access those documents
in the public docket that are available
electronically. Once in the system,
select ‘‘search,’’ then key in the docket
ID number identified above.
Any comments related to this ICR
should be submitted to EPA within 60
days of this notice. EPA’s policy is that
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public comments, whether submitted
electronically or in paper, will be made
available for public viewing in
EDOCKET as EPA receives them and
without change, unless the comment
contains copyrighted material,
confidential business information (CBI),
or other information whose public
disclosure is restricted by statute. When
EPA identifies a comment containing
copyrighted material, EPA will provide
a reference to that material in the
version of the comment that is placed in
EDOCKET. The entire printed comment,
including the copyrighted material, will
be available in the public docket.
Although identified as an item in the
official docket, information claimed as
CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise
restricted by statute, is not included in
the official public docket, and will not
be available for public viewing in
EDOCKET. For further information
about the electronic docket, see EPA’s
Federal Register notice describing the
electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May
31, 2002), or go to http://www.epa.gov./
edocket.
Affected entities: Entities potentially
affected by this action are those that
produce, import, export, destroy,
transform as a feedstock, distribute, or
apply controlled ozone depleting
substances (ODS).
Title: Recordkeeping and Periodic
Reporting of the Production, Import,
Export, Recycling, Destruction,
Transhipment, and Feedstock Use of
Ozone-Depleting Substances, EPA ICR
Number 1432.25; OMB Control Number
2060–0170.
Abstract: The international treaty The
Montreal Protocol on Substances that
Deplete the Ozone Layer (Protocol) and
Title VI of the Clean Air Act (CAA)
established limits on total U.S.
production, import, and export of class
I and class II controlled ODS. Under its
Protocol commitments, the United
States is obliged to cease production
and import of class I controlled
substances with exemptions for
essential uses, critical uses, previously
used material, and material that will
transformed, destroyed, or exported to
developing countries. The Protocol also
establishes limits and reduction
schedules leading to the eventual
phaseout of class II controlled
substances with similar exemptions
beyond the phaseout. Additionally, the
CAA has its own limits on production
and consumption of controlled
substances that EPA must adhere to and
enforce.
To ensure the United States’s
compliance with the limits and
restrictions established by the Protocol
and the CAA, the ODS phaseout
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regulations establish control measures
for individual companies. The limits
and restrictions for individual United
States companies are monitored by EPA
through the recordkeeping and reporting
requirements established in the
regulations stated in 40 CFR part 82,
subpart A. To submit required
information, regulated entities can
download reporting forms from EPA’s
stratospheric ozone Web site (http://
www.epa.gov/ozone/record.index.html),
complete them, and then send them to
EPA via U.S. Mail or fax. Upon receipt
of the reports, the data is entered and
subsequently stored in the Stratospheric
Protection Tracking System (Tracking
System). The Tracking System is a
secure database that maintains all of the
data that is submitted to EPA and allows
the Agency to: (1) Maintain control over
total production and consumption of
controlled substances to satisfy
conditions of the CAA and fulfill the
United States’s obligations under the
Protocol; (2) monitor compliance with
limits and restrictions on production,
imports, exports, and specific
exemptions to the phaseout for
individual U.S. companies; and (3)
enforce against illegal imports and
violations related to the control of class
I and class II substances. Additionally,
reporting on the exemptions permits an
entity to retain the benefit of being able
to produce or import a controlled class
I ODS beyond the date of complete
phaseout.
EPA is developing an electronic
reporting system through the Agency’s
Central Data Exchange (CDX) that will
allow regulated entities to download,
complete, and submit reports
electronically. Electronic reporting is
expected to make the reporting process
more effective and efficient for reporting
companies and EPA. When electronic
reporting becomes available, EPA will
change its guidance document and its
ICR to indicate a reduction in burden
hours.
Pursuant to regulations 40 CFR part 2,
part B, reporting businesses are entitled
to assert a business confidentiality claim
covering any part of the submitted
business information as defined in 40
CFR 2.201(c).
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number. The OMB control
numbers for EPA’s regulations are listed
in 40 CFR part 9.
EPA would like to solicit comments
to:
(i) Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
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functions of the Agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
(ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the
Agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
(iv) Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
Burden Statement: EPA requests
comments on the following estimated
burden hours and costs adapted from
ICR number 1432.22. EPA may revise
the calculations based on recently
submitted class I and class II data to
more accurately reflect implementation
of the ODS phaseout. Recordkeeping
and reporting requirements for class I
ODS may have decreased over time as
the phaseout of controlled ODS has
matured.
The accelerated phaseout rule for
ODS requires respondents to submit
reports to the Agency and maintain
records. The estimated total number of
respondents is 253 and the frequency of
responses is quarterly and/or annually.
The total burden hours is estimated to
be about 5,553. Operating and
maintenance (O&M) costs include file
storage, photocopying, and storage, and
postage. They also include the general
upkeep of start-up capital equipment, as
well as any purchase of services such as
contractor or auditing services. O&M
costs are estimated at $3,032 for the
accelerated phaseout rule for ODS. The
burden hours and costs are as follows:
(a) Respondent’s annual burden hours,
$6,876; (b) Respondent’s annual labor
costs, $536,328; (c) Respondent’s
capital/start-up costs (ICR renewal
notice), $0; (d) Respondent’s O&M costs,
$3,032; (e) Agency’s annual burden
hours, $2,159; (f) Agency’s annual labor
costs, $102,125.
Burden means the total time, effort, or
financial resources expended by persons
to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose
or provide information to or for a
Federal agency. This includes the time
needed to review instructions; develop,
acquire, install, and utilize technology
and systems for the purposes of
collecting, validating, and verifying
information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing
and providing information; adjust the
existing ways to comply with any
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previously applicable instructions and
requirements; train personnel to be able
to respond to a collection of
information; search data sources;
complete and review the collection of
information; and transmit or otherwise
disclose the information.
Dated: June 5, 2005.
Drusilla Hufford,
Director, Stratospheric Protection Division,
Office of Air and Radiation.
[FR Doc. 05–11716 Filed 6–13–05; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[OPPT–2002–0001; FRL–7718–2]
National Pollution Prevention and
Toxics Advisory Committee (NPPTAC);
Notice of Public Meeting
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: Under the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 2
(Public Law 92-463), EPA gives notice of
a 2–day meeting of the National
Pollution Prevention and Toxics
Advisory Committee (NPPTAC). The
purpose of the NPPTAC is to provide
advice and recommendations to EPA
regarding the overall policy and
operations of the programs of the Office
of Pollution, Prevention and Toxics
(OPPT).
DATES: The meeting will be held on June
29, 2005 from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m., and on
June 30, 2005 from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Registration to attend the meeting,
identified by docket ID number OPPT–
2002–0001, must be received on or
before June 24, 2005. Registration will
also be accepted at the meeting.
Requests to provide oral comments at
the meeting, identified as NPPTAC June
2005 meeting, must be received in
writing on or before June 17, 2005.
Written comments, identified as
NPPTAC June 2005 meeting, may be
submitted at any time. Written
comments received on or before June 17,
2005, will be forwarded to the NPPTAC
members prior to or at the meeting.
Meetings of the four Work Groups of
the Committee will take place as
follows. The High Production Volume
(HPV) Work Group will meet on June
28, 2005, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., to
discuss activities related to EPA’s HPV
Challenge Program. The Pollution
Prevention (P2) Work Group will meet
on June 28, 2005, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00
p.m., to discuss activities related to
EPA’s Pollution Prevention Programs.
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The Tribal Issues Work Group will meet
on June 29, 2005, from 10:15 a.m. to
5:30 p.m., to discuss activities related to
EPA’s coordination with Tribes and
Tribal Organizations. The Broader
Issues Work Group will meet on June
29, 2005, from 10:15 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.,
to discuss activities related to EPA’s
New Chemicals and Existing Chemicals
Programs.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Holiday Inn, Washington/Silver
Spring, 8777 Georgia Ave., Silver
Spring, Maryland, 20910.
For address information concerning
registration, the submission of written
comments, and requests to present oral
comments, refer to Unit I. of the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
general information contact: Colby
Lintner, Regulatory Coordinator,
Environmental Assistance Division
(7408M), Office of Pollution, Prevention
and Toxics, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone
number: (202) 554–1404; e-mail
address:TSCA-Hotline@epa.gov.
For technical information contact:
John Alter, (7408M), Office of Pollution,
Prevention and Toxics, Environmental
Assistance Division, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460–
0001; telephone number: (202) 564–
9891; e-mail
address:npptac.oppt@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this Action Apply to Me?
This action is directed to the public
in general, and may be of particular
interest to those persons who have an
interest in or may be required to manage
pollution prevention and toxic chemical
programs, individuals, groups
concerned with environmental justice,
children’s health, or animal welfare, as
they relate to OPPT’s programs under
the Toxic Substances Control Act
(TSCA) and the Pollution Prevention
Act (PPA). Since other entities may also
be interested, the Agency has not
attempted to describe all the specific
entities that may be interested in the
activities of the NPPTAC. If you have
any questions regarding the
applicability of this action to a
particular entity, consult the person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
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